Power transmission



Get. 21-, 1941. F. T. HARRINGTON T 2,259,536

POWER TRANSMISSION Filed May 24, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. l

INVENTOR FERRIS T. HARRINGTON ATTORNEY 0st. 21,- 1941 F. T HARR HNGTON 2.259.535

POWER TRANSMIS S ION Filed May. 24, 1959 2 She et s-Sheet 2 INVENTOR FERRIS T. HARRINGTON. BY

OZ A M ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 21, 1941 ENT' OFFICE POWER- TRANSMISSION Ferris '1. Harrington, Detroit, Mich., asslgnor to Vickers Incorporated, Detroit, Micln, a corporation of Michigan Application May 24, 1939, Serial No. 275,330

2 Claims.' (01.121-45) This invention relates to power transmissions,

particularly to those of the type comprising two or more fluid pressure energy translating devices one of which may function as a pump and another as a fluid motor. 1

The present invention is particularly concerned with a power transmission system adapted for driving one or more reciprocating carriages of a machine tool of the class such as boring, drilling, milling, turning, or grinding or other machines where it is desired to advance the carriage at a plurality of rates of travel for rapid advance and feeding of a tool relative to a work-piece or two feed rates arises infrequently, it is an ob-- Ject of the present invention to provide a power transmission system wherein a standard control 'system may be utilized for providing double the number of feed rates of which it is normally capable.

Further objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the follpwing description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein a preferred form of the present invention is clearly shown.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a hydraulic power transmission system embodying a preferred form of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detail cross section on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 are diagrammatic views showing the main control unit of Figure 1 with the parts in different adjusted positions.

The embodiment of the invention selected for illustration is one where the invention is applied to a drilling machine adapted to perform a plurality of drilling, reaming, and facing operations upon two walls of a box-shaped workpiece which is of such shape that one wall would interfere with operations on the other wall from a single drilling head. Such a workpiece is indicated at It wherein it is desired to perform certain drilling operations on the wall section I2 from the right-hand side thereof and also to perform other drilling operations on the opposite wall I4 also from the right-hand side thereof.

In order to perform all the drilling operations in a single advancing stroke, apair of drill heads 16 and I8 are mounted on suitable ways 28 for reciprocating motion toward the workpiece it. The head ls may carry tools such as drills 22 for drilling holesin both walls l2 and Hi and a combined reamer 24 and spot facer 26 for reaming and spot facing another hole in the wall l2. The head l8 may carry a ,reamer 28 and spot facer 30 for finishing a hole in the wall Ed. The heads- It and I8 and their respective tools may be of conventional form and provided with the usual power means (not shown) for rotating the various. tool-carrying spindles incorporated therein.

A fluid motor comprising a cylinder 32 has a piston 34, the rod 36 of which is secured to a depending bracket 38 carried by the head l5 in the usual manner. A second fluid motor comprising a cylinder 40 has its piston 42 connected by the rod 44 with the depending bracket 46 on the head 18. The two motors are in axial alignment and so spaced that when the head I6 has. advanced to the left; a predetermined amount.

which fluid is withdrawn from the usual tank 5 6.

A delivery conduit 55 leads from the pump through a conventional relief valve 58 which serves to bypass the pump delivery to tank through a conduitGfl whenever a predetermined pressure is exceeded in the conduit 56.

The conduit 56 extends to a unitary control panel 62 which may be of any suitable type'usually utilized for controlling the flow of fluid to a single hydraulic motor. The particular form of control panel 62 is well known and per se forms no part of the present invention. The panel is connected with tank by a conduit 64 and with the head end of cylinder}! by a conduit 86. a

A conduit 68 extendsfrom panel 62, through a combined sequence and check valve 10 to the head end of cylinder 40. The .rod end of cylinder I0 is connected with tank through a conin illustration duit 12- having'a branch114 serving as the seepage drain for valve 10. The valve 10 has a pressure responsive spool 18 adapted to normallycut ofl the conduit 88 from a branch conduit 18 which leads to the rod end of cylinder 32. 'Whenever pressure in conduit :88. reaches a predetermined point which may be adjusted by varying the setting of the spring 80, the spool 18 lifts placing conduits 68 and 18 in free communica tion; A check valve-82 permits free fiowfrom conduit 18 to conduit 88.:

adaptedfo lift the roller iust'previous --he.ad- I8 tothe right.

-- In 'operationwith 48 withdraws oil from the tank 54 deli'vering it' cams'adapted to lift the roller as'they to the left thereof. Cam'I12-is also a hook cam roller I18 asit passes the to the end of the stroke of the motor running, pum

. to conduit 88. With the. valve inthe stop position, illustrated in Figure l the entire pump de- The panel 62 .is provided with ajmain' valve bore 84 having a plurality of ports 66, 88,- 80,

82, 84, 88, and 88 formedalong itslength as" illustrated. Mountedin the bore 84 is a spool I00 provided with lands I02, I04, I06, I08, and

IIO for establishing-various connections between the various portsdepending-upon the spool position. .Conduit '56 connects with. the port 80 which constitutes the pressure port of the panel; Conduit 68 connects with port 88-while the tank conduit 64 connects with ports 86 and 88, Con-- duit 68 connects with port 82 and also byza branch II2 with ahydrostatic valve H4. The latter has a poppet head II6 the position'of.

livery is by-passed to tank through ports 80-, 88 and 88 and conduit 64'. In order-to start the machine in operation the valve spool I00 is raised to its uppermost position by depressing. the operating lever I46 -m'anually. This constitutes the f position of rapid. advance and'is illustrated in Figure 3. In this position land I04 blocks C0111! municaticn between ports 88 and 88. Land'I88 has its upper edgebelow the top of'port 80 and its lower edge in the middle of port 82, thus di- 1 recting' the flow from conduit 56 to conduit 88 and the head end of cylinder 32. Land I08 is raised sufilciently to lie fully within port 84, thus permitting return flow from the rod end oicylinder, 82 to take place through conduit 18, check whichis under-the control of a pistonjl I8 slid- I able in a cylinder I20' and biased downwardly by alight spring I22. The. upperfaceofthe piston" is subject totank pressure transmitted from conduit through a branch conduit I24.'

The lower face of the piston issubject to the}- pressure in a chamber I26 constituting the outi The chamber .I26connects by a) conduit I30 withian adjustable orifice I32. From the orifice 132a conduit I34 extends to a second adjustable ori-flce I36, a branch I38 -comm unicating with theport 84 of-bore 84.- From the orifice I38'a conduit I extends to theport :86. seepage let of the valve, which pressure is transmitted through a restricted'passage' I28.

dr'ain conduits I42 and I44 connect the ends of bore 84 and the drain chambers of orifices I32 and I38 with the tank line 64..

The valve spool I00 is controlled iromthree different sources. One isja manual lever I48 pivoted at I48 and having a ball-ended extension- I50 slidably'mounted ina transverse bore H2 at the bottom end of spool I00. The second source of control is constituted by a' solenoid I54 connected-to the lever I48-and jadapted'to' lift the same to its uppermost positioniwhen-energized-by I depression of a limit switch I88..I- The latter is adapted to be closed by a cam I58 carried by the head I8 when the latter reaches the left-hand limit of its stroke. The third source of control of spool I00 is provided by a plurality of cams m; m, I64,'I86, m, I10, and m also carried by the head the cams are shown' as'adiustabl'y mounted on a longitudinally extending -bar I14 secured 'to the bracket 38 and are shown in a various positions of up and down adjustment as I6. Forthe purpose of simplicity the cams pass the roller I16 in sequence. The

of the roller are illustrated the roller various positions along. a dotted line I18 which carriesthrough a complete cycle of travel.

It will be noted that cams no, H.188 and m are adapted to depress the .roller I16 downwardly as they pass the-same in the leftward travel of the head I8 whilecams I82 and I88 are hook valve 82, conduit '68, ports 82, 84, 88, and 88 and I conduit 84 to tank. Since this path is unre-- stricted, thehead I6 will advance to the left at a rate determined. by the delivery capacity of pump 48,.thus advancing-thedrills-H rapidly up to a; point just short of engagement with the workpiece I0.

At thispoint cam I60 contactsroller I16 depressing spool "I00 downwardly one stepinto the position designated first or oo'arsefeed. In this position of the spool I00, illustrated in Figure 4, I

land I04 remains between portsl86'and 88 thus continuing the flow to the head end of the cylinder. -Land I08 .dr'o'ps sufliciently, however, so that-its lower edge comes below port 82, thus blocking the port 84. blocked by land l08. 'Land I88 is not lowered 'sufliciently, however, to. block port 84 from port 88.. Return fiowlunder these conditions takes.

place from conduit8 8 through branch. conduit II'-I2, hydrostatic valve II4, chamber I26, conduit ,m, throttle m, conduits I84 and m, ports 04,

86, and' 88 and'conduit 64 to tank. Under these conditions the flow out of the rod end of cylinder 32 "is metered -by the orifice I32 and-hydrostatic 'valve II4, the excess delivery of the pump over what is required at the head. end of cylinder 32 blowing over the relief valve 88.

inasmuch as the I32,'the valve II4 acts to maintain aconstant pressure differential across the throttle thus Y I maintaining a constant rate of flow therethroug'h independently of load variations on the Piston 84. The travel of the head- I8 continues until the chills 22.hav e passed through the wall I2 where upon the hook cam I82 engages the roller I18 j lining the spoqlflol-mto its rapid advance posi-' 'tionagain. This causes the head I8 to advance rapidly until a point-is reached where the drills v 22 are about to eiigagev the wall I4 at which point-camlf engages-roller I18 depressing the same downwardly 'two steps to position. I v

.In this position which is illustrated in Figure 5 land I84 still blocks communication between the second feed ports 88 and 88., Land I88 also still block flow Ifrom port 88 to'port-82 andfrom port 82 to port 84. Land I88 has moved down, however, sum- 7 cien'tlyto block port ,84 from port 88. -'-Ihe.re-

ret'urn Ifiow': from conduit 88' into Flow from port ,to port 82 is also still 1 opposite sides of piston ,II8 'are connected'with opposite sides of the throttle turn 'p'ath under these conditions is the same as before except that instead of entering conduit I38 the return fluid is now forced to pass through through conduit 68, thus permitting 'full pressure throttle I36, conduit I40, and port 96 in order to reach-the port 98. Inasmuch as the throttle I36 is normally adjusted to a much smaller opening than is the throttle I32,'the rate of flow is rod.44 thus picking up the head I8 and causing it to advance with the head I6. It will be seen thus determined-predominantly by the throttle to be exerted on' piston 42'which drives the heads I8 and I6 back together. The pressure required to =move'the heads in this manner'ls, however, I

suflicient to raise the spool 16- admitting pressure oil to conduit 18 and the rod end of cylin-- der 32 at'a somewhat reduced pressure but still suflicient to keep the rod end of cylinder 82 -fllle d ing the spool I00 to that during this movement of the'two heads in unison that oil is discharged not only from the rod end of cyl nder 32 but also from the head .as the piston 84 travels to the right;

As soon as the piston 42 reaches the limit of its stroke it stalls causing the valve 10 'to-open .wider and' causing the entire pump delivery to pass throughconduit 18 intothe rod .end of cylinder 32 returning the same to its right-hand position at a rapid rate. As the end of thestroke is reached, hook cam I12 engages roller I16 lift-' the stop position illustrated in Figure 1. r I

The device is accordingly brought to rest in thepositiorr where it started.

While the form or embodiment of the invention as herein disclosed constitutes a preferred form, it is to be understood that other forms end of the cylinder 40, the combined discharges joining at valve 10.to pass through the conduit 68 and through panel 62. During the rapid advance the returnflow path is an unrestricted one and is suflici'ent to handle this additional flow without substantially decreasing. the speed of travel.

At the end of this rapid advance stroke, cam

*- I68 strikes roller I16,agaln depressing spool I06 to the coarse feed position. The flow conditions through the. panel 62 are .the same asin the previous coars'e'feed position. .Since, however, the cubic displacement into the conduit 68 per unit of linear travel of the'heads I6 and I8 is -greater than that which previously existedbethat the same rate of flow through conduit 68 will cause a slower speed of linear travel of the heads I6'and l8. Theamountfoi this decrease in speed, of course, depends uponthe relative areas of piston 42 and or the rod end of cylinder causing the reamers 24 and 28 to perform their work. As thespot facing tools 26 .and- 30 ap proach the work, however, cam I16 en ages roller I16 depressing spool I00 down one step to the fine feed position. The heads are accordingly caused to feed at a still slower rate permitting 1 the spot facing tools to performtheir work.

When this movement is completed, cam I58 en- 62 and may be made inany suitable proportion;

might be adopted all coming within the scope of the claims which follow;

What is claimed is as follows:

1. In a hydraulic power transmission the com- -binationwith means forming a source of pressure fluid, fluid motor means, conduits connecting the motor means to said source for operation thereby, and control means for selectively directing fluid to and from the'motor means at a pluralit'y of predetermined rates to advance the motor means at difierent speeds inon direction, said'control means including flow rate controlling. means and a valve for selectively rendering the rate controlling means eflective to meter the fluid discharged from the motor means at dif- I fore the head I8 was picked up, it will be seen ierent rates, said motor means including a long stroke piston and cylinder and a short stroke piston and cylinder in abutting relation. withthe long stroke piston andcylinder during a portion The heads accordingly feed to the left together or the long stroke whereby the volume discharged from both pistonsand cylinders is efiective during said portion of the stroke to cause themotor means to advance at'a different rate. e

2. In a hydraulic power transmission the.com'- bination with means forming a source or pres sure-fluid, fluid motor'means, conduits connecting the motor means to said source for-operation thereby, control'means for selectively directing fluid to and from the motor means at 2 aplurality-or predetermined rates. to advance the motor means at different speeds in one'direction, said motor means including a long stroke piston and cylinder and a short stroke piston and gages limit switch I66 which energizes solenoid I64 lifting the lever I46 to its uppermost or reverse position and depressing spool I00 to its lowermost position. In this position, illustrated in Figure 6,'iand I04 lies between ports 88 and.

"so that pressure fluid from conduit 66 is cut ofljrom line 66.; The latter is connected to the tank conduit 64. Land I66 moves downwardly so that its top edge is even with the bottom edge of port.'92 thus -permitting'pressure fluid to flow from conduit 56 through ports and. Hand conduit 88 to thehead end or cylinder .40. ll'he cylinder in abutting relation with the long stroke piston and cylinder during aportion or th long stroke whereby the volume discharged from both pistons-and cylinders'is eflective during said portion of the stroke tocause the motor means to I advance at a diflferentrataand a pressure responsive valve connected. between the short .stroke piston and cylinder and the long stroke piston.and cylinder to maintain their abutting relation-throughout the return travel of the short stroke piston and cylinder sequence valve 10 imposes no resistance to flow 

